In Pandering We Trust

AUSTIN — The Texas House on Friday adopted rules governing its 80th Legislative Session that inconvenience lawmakers who smoke, favor lobbyists over the general public and put "In God We Trust" on the House electronic message board.
The latter vote was nearly unanimous, 143-2. The dissenters were Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, and Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin.
Richard Raymond, D-Laredo, said he proposed the idea "to remind us to whom we answer." It would put "In God We Trust" in lights on the electronic message screen that hangs on the wall behind the podium in the House. The slogan would be lit whenever the message screen was not being used to conduct House business.
-Lisa Sandberg, Chronicle Austin Bureau

Here’s a note to the 143 Legislators who need to go back and study the US Constitution:
The statehouse is not a House of God; it is the people’s house. You are there to conduct the people’s business. Spare us your platitudes, and when you’ve finished reading the Constitution, open your Bible and read that part about “Rendering unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and rendering unto God that which is God’s.” And remember, “When you pray, be not like the hypocrites who love to pray standing in their synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen….”